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Feb 3

Sound-Up Governance (Ep 19) - Do we need to reform governance education? (feat. Paul Smith)Listen now (29 min) | Part two of a governance deep-dive with the Founder of Future Directors Institute

Feb 3

Just about every corporation has a person to whom the board delegates the responsibility for running things on a day-to-day basis. One common title for…

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Feb 1

January 2023

We just learned that lots of directors get paid, and some of them make really super a whole lot of money. Well, lots of other directors *don’*t get…

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Jan 30

Sound-Up Governance (ep18) - An Australian and a Canadian walk into a bar... (feat. Paul Smith)Listen now (30 min) | Matt chats with the Founder of Future Directors Institute

Jan 27

One interesting quirk of being a director is that, even though you are at the very top of the corporation and might be someone’s boss’ boss’ boss’ boss…

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Jan 25

There are a lot of advantages to being the only owner and the only director of your own corporation. No matter how audacious your aspirations and ideas…

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Jan 23

Remember those ten random directors you met on the street a few posts ago? Try asking them another question: “what is a board for?” Ground-Up Governance…

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Jan 18

We just talked about rooms, so it makes sense to talk about furniture next. The funny thing about the board chair (or “chair of the board,” if you…

Jan 16

Sound-Up Governance (ep17) - Kev Cowan and Matt Fullbrook are the biggest governance nerds (also some jamming)Listen now (36 min) | Part 2 of Matt's conversation with the new chair of the Ontario Securities Commission

Jan 13

Board meetings have to happen somewhere. Fascinatingly, the place where board meetings happen is called a “boardroom.” Close your eyes and picture a…

Jan 11

Because boards only have authority collectively, just about all of the work that boards do happens during scheduled meetings of directors. Board…

Jan 9

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